Over 5,02,000 beneficiaries and projects have been assisted under the PM Employment Generation Program

NewsBharati    12-Dec-2018
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New Delhi, Dec 12:
Over 5,02,000 beneficiaries and projects have been assisted under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme #PMEGP said Union Minister Giriraj Singh while replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

In reply to another question, the Minister informed the House that targets for the year 2018-19 for assistance under PMEGP have been increased by more than 50% due to increased budget allocation for PMEGP. He said budgetary allocation for PMEGP, was increased to Rs.1800.64 crore for 2018-19 as against Rs.1024.49 crore during the year 2017-18. The targeted no. of units to be set up during 2018-19 is 66,700 as against the target of 50,784 in 2017-18. Margin Money of Rs. 1312.40 crore has been disbursed during 2017-18, as against the allocated target under the Budget Estimates of Rs.1004.49 crore, he added. During 2018-19, (as on 30.11.2018), 265,124 applications have been received under PMEGP. Karnataka tops the list with 30,951 applications closely followed by Maharashtra with 27,365 applications. Uttar Pradesh (18,858), Tamil Nadu(16,996), Assam(15,981),Haryana(14,011),Jammu& Kashmir(13,349), Bihar(12,823), Telangana (11,315), Odisha(10,611) and West Bengal (10,010) are the other states with higher no. of applications for assistance under PMEGP.


Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) provides 100 percent subsidy on 300 plucking machines. It had distributed 300 hands operated Kapas Plucker Machines to the cotton farmers in three major cotton growing states of Telangana, Gujarat, and Maharashtra and is promoting the usage of these machines among cotton farmers through awareness meetings and print media for helping them in reducing the cost of cultivation of cotton. The beneficiary farmers were selected through baseline surveys by officials of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), Directorate of Agriculture, State Agricultural Universities and village panchayats for identification of the area, village, and cluster of villages.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Textiles, Ajay Tamta, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

-Other than this National Trust for Welfare of Persons Multiple Disabilities (Amnd) Bill, 2018 were tabled for Voting and Passing.

- National Trust for Welfare of Persons Multiple Disabilities (Amnd) Bill, 2018 were discussed in Rajya Sabha.

In LokSabha,

Dam Safety Bill, 2018 introduced in #LokSabha today amidst the din. Bill provides for the surveillance, inspection, operation, and maintenance of specified dams for prevention of dam failure related disasters.

#LokSabha adjourned for the day due to continued protest by opposition parties on different issues.